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50 Conversations About One Thing, Part II
Part I of this conversation, including a brief introduction, is here. 17. There seems to be a generational shift at play. Porn use isn’t particularly abnormal (though what kind of porn you look at,...
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50 Conversations About One Thing, Part III (Updated)
This is Part III of three. Part I of this conversation, including a brief introduction, is here. Part II is here. 32. I just wanted to mention what I think is the most striking aspect of this...
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Don’t believe the (happiness) hype
Will Wilkinson, commenting on Catherine Rampell’s “The Happiest States of America” article on the NYTimes’ Economix blog, suspects “a skoche of culture-driven upward inflation” is at play in the...
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The Biggest Loser Makes Me Cry
Every time. It’s embarrassing. I only ever see it at the gym, so I’ll be galumphing along on the treadmill with tears streaming down my face. I suspect this is mostly leftover ugly-kid-jr.-high-school...
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BCC Zeitcast 46: A Very Special Zeitcast
After a two week hiatus, BCC’s Zeitcast returns with a Very Special Episode, in which Scott B. hosts a multitude of guests, including Amri Brown, Sir Ronan, and the reigning Bloggernacle Commenter of...
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For R* in Miserable Days
As a close friend has suffered a particularly difficult miscarriage recently, I want to pause from the usual vocations of life to express solidarity to and love for the many women who have similarly...
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“It’s up to you”
My son Scott was baptized on Saturday. A year ago I did not expect this to happen. Scott has autism, and although he has many good skills–mowing the lawn, making French toast, playing Joe Danger–his...
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Reader Question Box #1: “is arby’s jamocha shake against word of wisdom”
Welcome to a new series! The WordPress.com software that runs BCC tabulates detailed statistics on traffic to this site. One thing it shows is what search queries led readers to BCC each day. Aside...
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Mom Activism: Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the World
Whenever a child in Utah is born with PKU, an inherited (genetic) metabolic disorder where the body cannot process the amino acid phenylalanine, the health department (with the permission of the...
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Monday Morning Theological Poll: “Reproductive Wrongs?” Edition
Two polls this time. Answer both please. Please justify your comments below. I promise I won’t turn you in to the bishop for anything you say. Filed under: Family, Gender & Sexuality, Health &...
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Toeing the Line
It is a matter of undisputed fact that breaking a toe is the most painful thing a mortal can experience in this life. [1] The physical discomfort of it all is enough — the broken bone, the horrible...
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Purity, Rules and Allergies
Childhood allergies like hay fever are linked to an absence of contact with fecal matter in their early years. [1] In other words, their houses were too clean for them to develop immunity. [2] When...
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Global Toilets I Have Known: A Memoir
This toilet no longer scares me. I would use this in a heartbeat. There are few things we take for granted more than personal waste elimination. The assumptions many Americans share about bathroom...
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Survey on Marital Quality and Belief Changes
A topic often under discussion in the bloggernacle is how to navigate marriages when one spouse experiences a change in belief. If this describes your marriage, please follow the link to participate....
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Authenticity: Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?
It’s a common claim among participants of Mormon internet groups that people feel they cannot be themselves at church or can’t say what they think for fear of being ostracized. They feel they are...
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Financial Planning for Children With Disabilities
We’re honored to have a guest post from Stephanie Hoffer. Stephanie is a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She is an educator, a scholar, and an advocate, and arguably the...
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The Thermostat Wars
There’s one thing that’s driving a wedge between men and women in the church every single week, that creates discomfort and distrust for both. Is it polygamy? Gender roles in the proclamation? No. It’s...
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And There Was No Sick Among Them
“And remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted, for he that doeth not these things, the same is not my disciple.” D&C 52:40 I remember the day – 10 years ago this...
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Naming the Dead
The site of the Ebensee concentration camp today Several weeks ago I visited the site of the Ebensee concentration camp, part of the network of forced labor camps managed from the more notorious...
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If Gender is Essential, Why Are We Pushing It?
I have often said that the gender roles described in the Proclamation are unnecessary because either they are descriptive (meaning people naturally behave this way, so who cares) or prescriptive...
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